The Glory of God has officially BLESSED my new home.

I moved into a new place now.
I no longer am a resident of the
"Pasta House" in Minneapolis.
I moved 16 blocks south and am
awaiting the great day my brother
can join me at this awesome dwelling.

Yesterday my home was an
absolute cluster of messes and
mis organization... I brought a
great friend of mine over to see
the "space" and she agreed that
there was definitely "potential"...
But from what I gather, that is all
either of us saw...

:-/

So I:
1.) woke up today
2.) read some words of the BLESSED Perfection (oh that I could comprehend one line...)
3.) then started cleaning

I totally revamped a cluttered front porch into a space which was the eventual site of a beautiful gathering of souls this evening. Then as I had finished cleaning I wished I had someone to share it with...

:-(

But alas I didn't know of anyone who could come and visit, so I just decided to enjoy the fruits of my labors and sip some delicious coffee with milk, a little sugar, and some cinnamon (Celeste Finn taught me. It is a Godsent concoction, trust me!). As I sipped on the beautiful caffeinated wonder, I read the words of Plato (of all people, I know right?). I was very into what I was reading, as one does with such profound material... Even though, I took a moment to look up for some reason or another, maybe to ponder, maybe because my soul felt a twitch, who kno...

And there I saw them:
1.) Gretchen (my dear Baha'i friend I have known for many years)
2.) Brock (A brand new Baha'i in our community, and Gretchen's soon to be hubby)
3.) Rob (Brock's band mate and great friend)
4.) and Niko (a kid who seriously wowed me with his young [10 yr old] wisdom, which greatly transended his meager years.)

They were all passing by in Gretchen's car...

As they passed by I thought "surely they will stop by if I invite them!". So I call Gretchen and tell her to turn around if she can and they stop in and we have the first ever devotional at my new home!!!! Then we skip off to the Race Unity Day picnic (which was great)!

Later my sister and brother-in-law
come over to help me move some
more stuff, we get way more done
than I thought we would, then we
arranged my new living room...

At this time I am thinking "this is so splendid".

Then I text a ton of people- 10 show up

to:

1.) share music
2.) prayers
3.) have a deep discussion on the history of the Plans of our faith
4.) and so much more...

Wow.

I want to cry I am so happy... I am reflecting on my day as I write this and am realizing that all the things I was questioning prior are now unimportant. I know I am in the right place. Baha'u'llah is guiding me. I must continue to read from the Sacred text morn and eve, do my ablutions, my Obligatory prayer, and my 95 Alla'u'Abha's as well as "observe the ordinances of Him who is the Desire of the worlds" which are outside of the few I mentioned already.

I
was
so
happy
to have people come to my home
and truly leave it
in its new form;
a sanctified place.



Peter Kahn spoke in Canada not to long ago about how the ordinances of the Faith prescribe that a House of Worship have 9 sides, be only sung or spoken in (as opposed to other forms of music), should be a gift for the rest of humanity and so forth... When the Baha'is follow this formula, we have a "sanctified place" because we are following the laws of God in how we treat the space, what it is used for and the like.



Now, he goes on to speak about how
there is a prescribed way we are to
"use" our home. It should be used for
the work of the Cause (i.e. devotionals,
deepening, in the case you have them-
the rearing of children...). I am going to
bed knowing that the Faith was taught
in my home. That there were people who's
souls were genuinely uplifted, who sang
and made music in a spirit of

COMPLETE UNITY.

I felt ONENESS (that is deep kid...)
in my home and all I have to speak now is


Ya Baha'u'llabha!

I can say no more.

I must now finish with my night time reading and go to sleep that I may behold a new day (as time is fleeting) and work toward being able to serve it to my capacity.


Thanks Divine Essence!